I gave a Keynote presentation at the #EARL2026 conference yesterday talking about the need for *people* while we’re all excited about AI. People and communities have always been important in open-source but I think they’re even more important now.

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I've had an excellent couple of days at EARL conference in Brighton 📊 Lots of brilliant talks, particularly keynotes from @mikeksmith.bsky.social and Leanne Fitzpatrick!

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